Legal Opinion
Arrow Gear Co. v. Downers Grove Sanitary District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 10, 2010No. 09-1509, 09-4030PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 2008 the appellees, Arrow and Precision, brought separate suits under section 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9613(b), seeking contribution — seeking to shift some of the costs that Arrow and Precision had incurred, as a result of having been found liable for groundwater contamination, to other polluters of the same site. Those other polluters are the defendants in Arrow’s and Precision’s suits. The district court dismissed the suits as barred by res judicata. We have consolidated the appeals,…
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